Claims relating to vaccine safety are back in the media spotlight as an inquest into the unexplained death of teenager Jasmine Renata in 2009 continues. The family has told the coroner they believe the death is linked to the Gardasil vaccine for human papilloma virus (HPV) that Ms Renata received six months earlier, and today […]

TVNZ’s flagship current affairs programme Close Up led its 2 Feb broadcast with an extended segment on the Gardasil HPV vaccine and one New Zealand woman’s claim that her daughter’s death is linked to the vaccine. An excerpt from Close Up’s intro to Gardasil: Are we getting the full picture?: “It is supposed to save […]

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